The Defence ministry approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth £796.5 million, including 12 light utility helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, according to an official statement. The procurement proposals were...
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 04:07pm 1st Dec 2021
Mamata calls on PM Modi, raises BSF jurisdiction issue
New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi last week, raised a host of Centre-state administrative and political issues and also invited him to inaugurate next year’s Bengal...
India ups travel surveillance amid Omicron spread
With the proposed resumption of international flights on December 15 under review, the government issued fresh guidelines, mandating RT-PCR test on arrival for all passengers from Covid at-risk countries. While those testing positive will be...
Karnataka seeks nod to administer booster dose
In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, state revenue minister R Ashok said. After the high-level meeting chaired...
Karnataka to keep strict vigil over Covid-19
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified that there is no proposal before the Karnataka Government to impose a lockdown now. He further clarified that authorities had been told to keep vigil over schools and colleges, but not to...
Bengal govt launches ration at doorstep scheme
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal launched the ‘Duare Ration’ (ration at doorstep) scheme which the administration said will benefit around 10 crores of people of the state.
Mamata rejigs cabinet, retains Amit Mitra as adviser
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last week announced a cabinet reshuffle and changed major portfolios.
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
The Army and the IAF on Monday kicked off a major “airborne insertion and combat” exercise along the frontier with China in eastern Ladakh, which will see paratroopers practise capturing territory “behind enemy lines” and then “link up” with...
In a strong strategic signal to China amidst the continuing 17-month military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, India tested its most formidable missile,...
The Statue of Unity, which honours Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s contribution in making of modern India, has sent out a message to the world that India has...
To deal with the ongoing Covid pandemic, India's civil aviation regulator extended the ban on scheduled international commercial flights till November 30. In the notification, the Directorate General of Central Aviation (DGCA), however, said:...
Even as it relaxes travel norms for tourists from across the world, India has retained its suspension on the e-visa facility for Canadians in a retaliatory move for restrictions imposed by Ottawa on Indians flying to Canada.
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by ED after over 12 hours of questioning at its office in Mumbai. He had appeared before the...
Aryan Khan finally returned home on Saturday morning to a hero’s welcome, two days after the Bombay high court granted him bail and almost a month of being...
A special NIA court handed the death sentence to four out of nine SIMI terrorists convicted of triggering the 2013 serial blasts that killed six people...
Aryan Khan's jail stay was extended by another day as the hearing on his bail plea in the Bombay High Court was posted for Wednesday. In Tuesday's arguments, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi argued that Aryan Khan was a "young man" who...
